Tag: Higher Education

Jimmy Carter, a Mercer University trustee, was on hand to award an honorary doctorate of humanities to Gregg Allman. (AP Photo/Joe Howell, File)

Carter says Allman Brothers helped him win White House

Nicole Duran · May 15, 2016 5:04 pm

The children and grandchildren of the protest-proud generation of the '60s demand speech codes and trigger warnings and safe zones on their college campuses — all in order to limit speech. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Whatever happened to free speech?

Robert Ehrlich · May 12, 2016 4:03 am

The rate on federal loans will fall from 4.29 percent to 3.76 percent next school year. (AP Photo/Dave Kolpack)

Student loan rates to drop

Joseph Lawler · May 11, 2016 10:14 pm

Students involved in non-academic disciplinary situations would have to pay for their own lawyer, something that concerns State Sen. Jim Dabakis, D-Salt Lake. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Beltway Confidential

Utah to consider allowing accused students right to an attorney

Ashe Schow · May 11, 2016 6:58 pm

Freedom U Fights On

Alice B. Lloyd · May 11, 2016 6:29 pm

The End of Men (In Literature)

Peter Wood · May 11, 2016 2:26 pm

The Citadel is known for its strict, button-up uniforms that its cadets are mandated to wear nearly all of the time. The school has a 35-page booklet of rules and regulations. (AP Photo/Mic Smith, File)

National Security

The Citadel says no to Muslim student who wants to wear hijab

Kelly Cohen · May 10, 2016 3:21 pm

Bernie Sanders' plans would almost double the national debt even with big tax increases. (Michelle Davies/The Journal-Gazette via AP)

Sanders’ plans would slam the rich, but also hit the middle class

Joseph Lawler · May 9, 2016 5:03 pm

Liberal New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof suggested that if President Trump's budget proposal, which eliminates funding for federal arts programs, were to pass, fewer people would read and democratic principles would suffer. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Beltway Confidential

NY Times columnist bemoans lack of intellectual diversity in academia

Ashe Schow · May 9, 2016 4:39 pm

University President Defies Trend, Defends Intellectual Diversity

Alice B. Lloyd · May 4, 2016 2:03 pm

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg gave the commencement address at the University of Michigan's Class of 2016 graduation inside Michigan Stadium on Saturday, April 30, 2016. (Tanya Moutzalias /The Ann Arbor News — MLive.com Detroit via AP)

Beltway Confidential

Thank you, Michael Bloomberg, for standing up against ‘safe spaces’

Ashe Schow · May 3, 2016 3:11 pm

Malia Obama

Malia Obama will attend Harvard

Daniel Chaitin · May 1, 2016 3:10 pm